Basketball Game Preview: Sugar Creek Wildcats vs. Valor Preparatory Academy Owls

By Team Reports Feb 20, 2024, 3:02am

Preview: Sugar Creek Wildcats vs. Valor Preparatory Academy Owls

Sugar Creek is 6-0 against Valor Preparatory Academy since January of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Sugar Creek Wildcats will be playing at home against the Valor Preparatory Academy Owls at 4:30 p.m.

Sugar Creek has not had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They blew past Valor Preparatory Academy 48-26.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sugar Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Eriyana Anthony, who scored 14 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Allure Bishop, who scored nine points along with five rebounds and four steals.

Sugar Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-14 record this season. As for Valor Preparatory Academy, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-15.

This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Sugar Creek have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 25.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Valor Preparatory Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 22.5 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Sugar Creek took their win against Valor Preparatory Academy when the teams last played on Friday by a conclusive 48-26. Will Sugar Creek repeat their success, or does Valor Preparatory Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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